Labyrinth—David Bowie finding a way to scare children forever, also: puppets! Also: did we mention David Bowie?

The Iron Giant—Brad Bird’s (Incredibles, Simpsons, Mission Impossible 4) beautiful story about a boy and his giant, alien, weaponized robot with a heart of gold. The robot is voiced by Vin Diesel, because hey, why not?

Rango—Lizards and stuff. You remember the previews, it’s recent, and you know what it’s about.

Foreign

Ip Man & Ip Man 2—The best martial arts movies we've seen in forever. Wonderful. Just all around the best movies on the list. Just watch them. Trust us.

Battle Royale—Ultra violent movie about kids being forced to murder one another by a corrupt totalitarian government in order to remind the masses of how powerless they are. Hunger Games before there was Hunger Games.

Let the Right One in—Again, this and the next could’ve gone with “Horror,” but there are subtitles. Charming story about young messed up boy and a little girl vampire. What Twilight could only hope to have been: good.

Dead Snow—Two words, you only need two words: Nazis. Zombies.

Oldboy—Amazingly messed up, not for faint of heart, but quite possibly the greatest revenge movie of all time. Most horrifying twist ending we can think of.

Action, Western, Superhero, Violent, I dunno, these are hard to classify

True Grit­— Coen Brothers! Old timey western talk! A plucky young lady!

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Reid Faylor is a stand-up comedian, cartoonist, writer, and whimsically bearded gentleman living in New York City. He owns a cat named Mr. President. You can follow his tumblr at reidfaylor.tumblr.com.